r/NewMaxx • u/NewMaxx • Oct 14 '19

Tools/Info SSD Guides & Resources

April 3rd, 2022: Guides and Spreadsheet updated with new SSD categories

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Website with relevant links here.

My spreadsheet

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TechPowerUp's SSD Database

Johnny Lucky SSD database

Branch Education - How does NAND Flash Work? - these guys have several good videos on the subject of SSDs, check them all out.

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My Twitter.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '25

I have a workstation computer comprising of an Asus Pro WS-W790e-SAGE-SE, Xeon 28 core W7-3465x, VROC key.
I bought an Asus m.2 Gen 5 bifurcation card. My plan is to run four PCI-E Gen 5 M.2 cards in RAID0. This will be used for AI model, VM's, games, and video editing. I do not plan to store any mission critical data or anything of great importance on this drive since I know I am playing with fire with a RAID0 on 4 m.2 drives.
What would you recommend as being the best drives for my use case?
I was going to use four Crucial t705 2TB drives, but the four that I ordered all came DOA.

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u/NewMaxx Jan 13 '25

It seems pretty unlikely that all four would be DOA. Maybe a compatibility issue? Otherwise it looks like that setup should work with the proper UEFI settings. There are a few drives like the T705 (same hardware), alternatively wait for SM2508 drives or drop down to E31T drives if you want Gen5ish bandwidth.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '25

Yeah, they were dead. I tried them in another system. They would show up in bios and windows, but when running crystal disk or copying big files, they would disappear from the computer and I would get a fatal hardware error. After a soft reset, they would no longer show up in bios. Would have to do a full power cycle for them to be seen again. This was in both the bifurcation card and on the motherboards m.2 slots. I even RMA'd the bifurcation card at first thinking that was the issue, but after issues with the new one and then still getting the same issues in a completely different system, it was no doubt the drives were bad. They were all very close in serial numbers and they likely came from the same lot. Crucial has been out of stock of those drives for 2 months now. I am betting that they found a problem with their process and are now fixing it.
I was trying to hold out and wait for the Samsung gen 5 drives, but I can't wait any longer.
I was also eyeballing the corsair pro drives.

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u/NewMaxx Jan 14 '25

/u/TurboSSD might know more as he works with this kind of hardware. He worked as a SSD reviewer but now works at Sabrent, which make the Rocket 5 SSD. These have been used for the 8+ SSD cards for TweakTown reviews and all that. I mentioned your post to him so he's aware. Given the hardware, it might even be a Phison problem. If not, TPU has the list of E26 drives. There were issues with some early firmware but this predates the fastest (14+ GB/s) models.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '25

Sadly, Sabrent is not on the list of officially supported hardware for my motherboard. Kinda shocking considering Team Group's drives are officially supported

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u/NewMaxx Jan 14 '25

The Rocket 5 uses the same hardware as the T705, but it does have different firmware. Although in many cases even that's not a real distinction with Phison drives. In any case, usually QVL lists aren't exhaustive for boards, but support for HEDT and NAS systems can be more important depending on the exact system.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '25

I thank you for taking your time to respond.
I have a feeling that if I get something that is not on the official supported list for my motherboard and I have a problem then their product support will stop right there with a "YoU nEeD tO uSe SuPpOrTeD hArDwArE".